CHRISTMAS - 3 REACTIONS

INDIFFERENCE - THE SCRIBES AND PRIEST RESPONSE

Matthew 15: 8, 9

This people draweth near unto Me with their mouth, and honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. But in vain they do worship Me; teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

When JESUS was born, He fulfilled prophecies in the Scriptures that the Scribes had copied and studied and the Priests had taught. They drew near to GOD with their mouth and honored Him with their lips; they lead worship and the study of Scriptures, but failed to observe the fulfillment of those very Words of the LORD. The Scribes and Priests did their duty well, but their motive was self-gratification not GOD-glorification. Their heart was indifferent to the work and way of the LORD.

In Revelation 3: 15, 16 we hear that the lukewarm in heart, the LORD will spit out of His mouth. The indifferent people fail to have a relationship with JESUS, even if they are preachers and teachers of the Word. 

It is a very dangerous thing to teach the doctrines of man and indifferent to the commandments of GOD. People who hear them are led astray by their teaching and the teacher can be held responsible for souls being lost. It would be like a bad shepherd leading a flock of sheep into danger and have them eaten by wolves, while the shepherd runs away and hides.

WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS IN THE SANCTUARY OF THE HEART.